Don't be too nice to everyone (2)...

Seems like I don't really learn from mistakes sometimes...

I think I just have found the 2nd CPT Quek in my life...
These people just simply have a 8-character clash with me.
For no reason (or maybe they dun like my face), they will see any simple innocuous banter as the most malicious rumour-mongering session.

Not to dwell too much into details.
Just a simple analogy on what had transpired:

• Fren A, saw his fren B (an acquaintance to you) buying mocha at Starbucks, and pointed it out to you.
• You tell Fren C (whom is a good fren of B) that you saw B at Starbucks buying mocha.
• C chats with B and asks if the mocha at Starbucks is good, letting B know in the process that you told him that you saw B there.
• B gets mad and scolds you for being so busybody and deliberately checking out his private activities, and starts to send multiple emails to you and C to declare that B is C's fren, but NOT your fren, and proceeds to put weird tags on his msn declaring he is NOT your fren.
• Fren D, E, F sees it on msn and everyone asks you what happened...
  
  
  How would you feel?

Moral of the story? "What The Fark...."

I think the last time I have heard "My friend is XX... NOT YOU..." was way back in primary school.
I'm amazed how 30+ years old adults can say something like this...


Remember: Only be nice to those who deserve it.

Marathon

Finished my 5th marathon on Sunday.
Broke through the 4.30hr international standard and achieved 4.15hr this year.

Pretty good results considering this is about roughly 25min improvement from last year's timing.

But I have to admit that I was quite lazy in this year's run.
Always had the lazy mindset of holding back a bit so that it will be easier for me to break the record again the next year. (I did the same thing last year)

I was quite surprised at my speed that I have managed to clock up to around 11kmh for the first 33km, which subsequently ended up in me walking for most of the later part since I will break the 4.30hr even by walking for the rest of the journey.

The good thing about this year's run for me is that I have finally felt my breakthrough in the legendary invisible wall. My legs used to give way at around 30+km in the past runs, but I'm feeling ok this year, and could have ran all the way to the end without walking (if not for being lazy).

So probably next year I'll be expecting to clear the 4hr mark, which is easily achievable if I can hit somewhere near this year's performance.


Will post some stuff on my HK trip later.
Need to catch up with work first..

Satisfying weekend (32 days to HK!!)

Had a pretty satisfying weekend, doing most of my favourite stuff:

Friday - Had High-Tea with colleagues at Equinox (great scenery but average food), followed by kBox! (getting more and more confirmation on the reincarnation of Wang Jie..)

Saturday - Was supposed to go for our weekly marathon training with WC in the morning, but he was indisposable, so we cancelled this week's training, and I slept thru the morning. Went for soccer match in the late afternoon. (see later para)

Sunday - Basketball as usual, but slightly different this time as we were invited to a full court challenge by the local kids at our home court (instead of the usual half court), and the guys rose to the occasion and took up the challenge. Not a pretty match, but at least it was a comfortable win without us having to resort to cheap tricks that the opposition was trying. I could comfortably score without having to over exert myself, especially when i was still recovering from the previous day's fatigue.

Football
My colleagues have formed a football team and joined in a mini "international" league with some other locally formed teams. Will be playing quite a fair bit on the weekends over the next few months. Its a pretty interesting league, and we have a website for the league as well, check it out: http://www.efleague.com.sg/evfl/index.htm

Don't be too nice to everyone...

This post is to remind myself of 3 incidents that happened over the past few days, which I really ought to keep in mind for the long run to prevent a recurrence.


Integrity. Not everyone has it.
Some swear by it (dying breed in Today's society)
Some use it as and when applicable (I'm one. I have cheated in tests and projects before. Who doesn't?)
Some KNOW HOW TO SPELL BUT DUNNO WHAT IT MEANS.
Is this word still applicable in the modern society? I still have some integrity left in me to be fair and just to my "team mates", but it doesn't seem to work both ways nowadays. Those who swear by integrity will soon die of hunger, thats why they are a dying breed.


Sometimes it doesn't pay to provide critical information out of goodwill to people whom you think ought to know about the situation. Some will bite you for showing them the "real world" outside, as they believe they know better since they have been staying in this "well" for so many years.


It may not be worthwhile to help certain people if they do not understand that you are trying to help, and end up having the wrong interpretation. Ultimately they are pissed and you are dissed for being such an idiot for rubbing them the wrong way.
Maybe its just me using the wrong method of expressing concern and making an effort to help...


Please don't ask me what happened.
Let's just stick to this blog's objective of being my journal. I write what I want...

Dad is not feeling well

Dad wasn't feeling well last night and we had to send him to hospital in the midnight. Luckily it wasn't anything serious, but he had to be admitted for the day for observations. He was discharged in the afternoon, and I'm relieved that he wasn't feeling ill due to High Blood Pressure or heart problems.

He did not manage to get a full run-down from the doc-in-attendance, so I think maybe I should go with him for his follow-up to understand the situation better.

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PAIN-ball

Played paintball for the first time on Sunday with hall 15 guys. Turned out to be pretty fun but fell short of my expectation as the games were finished way faster than I have expected it to be. Cost is definitely a big factor in deciding if you are going to have more fun in this game or not.

I think i'm the one who received the most number of shots, judging from the number of bruises that I have.

It may sound a bit sadistic, but I think getting shot at increases the fun in the game!

A 2nd round in consideration? hmmmm....

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Injustice

After sending dad to the hospital last night, I drove back home to find that there was no available parking lots at the car park at my home, even after circling around the whole carpark.
(found the usual suspects parking at the Handicapped lots and No parking lots)

Thus I had to resort to parking along the double yellow line which is the least obstrusive spot in the whole carpark. Anyway, I have seen plenty of cars parking along that stretch for the past few years, though its a first time for me.

To my horror, I found a $50 parking summon for illegal parking in the morning when I was leaving for work, which really irkes the hell outta me.

I'm spending $65 per month on the season ticket for this carpark, and could not find any available lots for me to park my car. As a result, I'm forced to park on the double yellow line to minimize the inconvenience caused to other drivers, yet I got slapped with a $50 fine! How ridiculous can this get!

The carpark attendant who issued the summon to me must be smirking this morning, for catching poor "errant drivers" like me, whom will be contributing to their quota and pay checks for the month. Damned bloodsuckers, never think with logic one. Why would a season ticket holder park illegally at his designated carpark when he is ENTITLED to one lot?

I have wrote in to HDB to appeal against this fine. If the appeal doesn't go through, I'll have to push it to the MP. I'll not take this lying down...

Marley & me

Its quite a bit of wonder that i had managed to finish this book over the weekend!
Nice story and I can totally related to the author's narratives...

Ratatouille

Almost as good as transformers!

Ah Di's 10th Birthday = 1 day leave!

It's Ah Di's 10th Birthday today!
Took a one day leave together with Dear so that we can bring Ah Di out to celebrate his birthday at the Beach, and also for us to take a break from work.

I guess Ah Di should be quite happy that he got to roam around the beach untethered for such a long period of time this morning, and I spared him the agony of swimming in the sea today since its his big day. He seem to be smiling for the whole day!

Spent the rest of the day eating and shopping together with Dear in town. It really rare to get to walk around in a "deserted" Suntec. We tot it might be a good time for us to try our luck at buying the infamous Donuts the "Donut Factory", but the Q on a weekday afternoon at 4pm is simply unbelievable... Ever since the Donut Factory opened shop, the usual catch-phrase for a Q-ing craze in Singapore will be changed from "Q-ing for Hello Kitty" to "Q-ing for Donuts".

I will not be joining in the "fun"...

On the overall, its a great day spent off-work (helped a lot by switching off my mobile for most of the day)

Will be looking to taking such impromptu breaks everynow and then to recharge!